Eya Guezguez, Tunisian Olympic sailor, dies aged 17 in training accident
Guezguez and her sister Sarra competed at Tokyo Games Sarra survives accident where dinghy reportedly capsized The Tunisian Olympic sailor Eya Guezguez has died in...
Category : Africa
All-female newsroom launched in Somalia to widen media’s scope
The pioneering Bilan project, funded by UN, will report on gender-based violence, women in politics and female entrepreneurs The first all-women media house in Somalia...
Sudan militia leader denies war crimes at landmark ICC Darfur trial
Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman is accused of 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity A former militia leader in Sudan has denied committing...
Burkina Faso’s ex-president guilty of complicity in murder of predecessor
Blaise Compaoré sentenced to life imprisonment at military tribunal over role in 1987 killing of Thomas Sankara Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré has been...
Médecins Sans Frontières suspends operations in parts of Cameroon over detained staff
Health charity in an ‘untenable position’ in anglophone parts of the country as it is accused of taking sides in internal strife Medical charity Médecins...
Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups
Human Rights Watch-Amnesty report accuses Ethiopian paramilitaries of war crimes and crimes against humanity Ethiopian paramilitaries have carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing in...
Russian mercenaries and Mali army accused of killing 300 civilians
Human Rights Watch says deaths during anti-jihadist operation in Moura ‘the worst atrocity in Mali in a decade’ Suspected Russian mercenaries participated in an operation...
Nigerian humanist jailed for 24 years after pleading guilty to blasphemy
Mubarak Bala’s case seen as part of a clampdown on critics of religious orthodoxy in a deeply conservative region A prominent Nigerian humanist has been...
Darfur militia leader denies crimes against humanity at ICC
Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman is accused of 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity A Janjaweed militia leader has pleaded not guilty to...
How war in Ukraine is affecting food supply in Africa and the Middle East
Prices of basics such as oil and wheat are shooting up and shortages are showing on supermarket shelves in Lebanon, Somalia and Egypt Global food...
